Cement gun



J. M. CROM CEMENT GUN Filed Feb. 23, 1923 JUA n IVI. Cro/r1.

INVENTOR.

Patented May 20, 1924. y

` VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoHN MAURICE Gnou, or CHICAGO, ILLINCIS, AssIGNon To CEMENT-GUN COMPANY,

INC., or ALLENTowN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CoaronA'rIoN or NEW' Yoan.

CEMENT GUN.

Application med ebruary 23, 1923. f Serial No. 820,752.

` ToaZZ/wwmztmay concern.'

Be it known that JOHN MAURICE CROM, citizen of United States, residing at Chicago, State of Illinois, U. S. A., has invented o certain new and useful Improvements in Cement Guns, ofA which the following is aA specification.

This invention relates in a general way toapparatus for4 applying plastic material, l such as hydraulic cement or similar material to walls or other surfaces to be coated, and more particularly it relates to the feeding means of such apparatus.

Tn apparatus of this character the dry comminuted material is brought under pressure to the point of delivery adjacent to the point of application. Through a separate conduit water under pressure is brought to the same'point of delivery and the 'two ele- 2@ ments together are forcibly projected against the structure or object which is to be coated or which is to act as a form in depositi'ng a body of plastic material. In order to prevent clogging due to the introduction of too much material into the convduit at one time, the feeding is accomplished by means of pockets provided in the perlphery of a revolving wheel, which pockets are brought successively under the iniiuence of a jet of air which causes the material contained in such pockets to be blown through a hose to the point of deliveryv where the hydration takes place.

As constructed and operated hitherto, the feeding means iust mentioned has certain disadvantages. he material has a tendency to bunch or lump around the so-called gooseneck through which compressed air is admitted to the pockets. This causes irregular feeding and results in improper hydration and imperfect coating.

It is the object of the present invention to avoid this drawback by improving the feeding means of the apparatus so as to insure uniform feed. This is accomplished according to my invention, by the provision of means for preventing the feeding of materail from more than one pocket at one time. Another advantage of my new arrangement isthat there is no waste of compressed air and that the a plication or placing of the material can e accomplished with a-relatively small amount of air and under low and advantages of my invention will appear full from the description following hereina ter and the lnovelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated an examp e of my invention without defining its limits. Tn these drawings F 1g. 1 is a vertical section through an apparatus embodying my improved feeding device; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Y Y

The apparatus shown in the drawings comprises a receptacle 10 having at its lower end an opening 11 normally closed byl a cone valve 12 operated by means of a lever 1-3 fulcrumed at 14. The receptacle `1O may be closed at the top by a valve (not shown) similar to the valve 12; this, however, is not essential to my invention. The opening 11 leads into a receptacle 15 which is preferably reduced from its upper toward its lower'portion and contains in' said lower portion a feed wheel 16 having a conical surface 17 the lower end ofwhich is formed with pockets 18 open at the top and at their Iouter sides. These outer ends of the pockets 18 are closed by a straight wall 19 forming part of the receptacle 15. This wall 19 vis continuous except at one point at which there is provided an opening 20 leading into an outlet conduit 21. The pockets 18 are arranged concentrically around a vertical shaft 22 carryingthe feed wheel .16 and extending through a bearing 23 formed in the bottom of the receptacle 15. The shaft 22 is supported in a bearing 24' bolted to the receptacle bottom, and it may be rotated by means of worm gearing 25V, 26 driven in any suitable manner (not shown).

Above the outlet opening 20 is arranged an inlet opening 27 connected with a supply pipe 28 which receives a supplyv of compressed air or the like from any suitable source (not shown). -Inside the receptacle 15, in registry with the opening 27, is arranged a gooseneck pipe 29 the free end of which opens downwardly, in registry with the upper opening of one of the poclrets 18. Arranged over the gooseneck pipe 29 in such a manner as to straddle it, is a hood 30 extending radially from the wall of the receptacle 15 to the conical surface 17 of the feed wheel 16, the end surfaces of the hood `30 being inclined to conform to such wall and conical surface. The hood 80 may be clamped to the gooseneck 29 as by screws 31. At its lower end the hood 30 is provided with transverse flanges 32 extending away from the sides of the hood in a horizontal direction in a plane close to the upper surface of the pockets 18 in the feed wheel 16.

The operation of the device is as follows: After the receptacle 15 has been filled with material to the desired level by opening the cone valve 12, the feed wheel 16 is s et in motion, the rotation being preferably intermittentso as to bring the pockets 18 with the material contained therein into registry with the outlet opening 21. As soon as the wheel 16 stops with one of its pockets in such registering position, a blast of coinpressed air or the like is set upthro'ugh the gooseneck 29. This blast of air will blow the material contained in the pocket through the outlet 20 into the conduit 21 and carry it along to the place of delivery where it is mixed with water and forcibly projected against the surface to be coated. This operation is repeated as the pockets are brought successively into registry with the outlet opening 21. rIhe steps of the operation are so timed that a practically continuous supply of material at the delivery point is insured.

Owing to the provision ofthe hood 30 and to the fact that it extends from the wall ofthe receptacle 15 to the conical surface 17 of the feed wheel 16, the Ymaterial is prevented from bunching humping around the gooseneck 29. The' arrangement of parts is such that at any-time only one of the pockets is exposed to the blast of, compressed air. The flanges of the hood extend over the adjacent. pockets and prevent their contents from being disturbed by 'the air blast. Inasmuch Yas practically no air escapes into the receptacle 15, it is evident that the feeding and placing of the material can be effected with a relatively small amount of air and under low pressure. The flanges 32 on the hood 30 furtherinore have the advantage of cutting off or separating the material in the cups or pockets from the material above such pockets; the flanges thus have the effect of regu lating the amount of material in the pockets, and it will be evident that a uniform supply of material to the outlet conduit is thus insured.

If desired, the material in the receptacle 15 may be at all times under the influence of compressed air and for this purpose an air supply connection 33 has been indicated in Fig. 1.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In apparatus of the character described, a receptacle having an outlet, a feed wheel having circumferentially-arranged pockets adapted to register successively with said outlet and having all of its pockets entirely enclosed within said receptacle at all times, an air inlet connection arranged above said outlet and in registry with one of said pockets, and a hood also enclosed within the said receptacle covering said inlet connection.

2. In apparatus of the character described, a receptacle having an outlet, a feed wheel having a conical wall and pockets arranged circumferentially around said wall and adapted to register successively with said outlet and having all of its pockets entirely enclosed within said receptacle' at all times, an air inlet connection arranged above said outlet and in registry with one of said pockets, and a hood also enclosed within the said receptacle covering said inlet connection and extending from the wall of said receptacle to said conical wall.

3. In apparatus of the character described, a receptacle having an outlet, a feed wheel having a conical wall and pockets arranged circumferentially around said wall and adapted to register successively with said outlet and having all of its pockets entirely enclosed within said receptacle at all times, an air inlet connection arranged 'above` said outlet and in registry with one of said pockets, and a hood'also enclosed within the said receptacle covering said in.

let connection and extending from the wall of said receptacle to said conical wall, the end surfaces of said hood conforming to the outline of said receptacle Walla-nd of said conica'l wall.

4. In apparatus of the -character described, a receptaclehaving an outlet, a feed wheel having circuinferentiallyarranged pockets adapted to register successively with said outletl and having all of its pockets entirely enclosed within said receptacle at all times, an air inlet connection arranged above said outlet and in registry with one of said pockets, and a hood also enclosed within the said receptacle covering said inlet connectionpand having a flange extending rearwardly in the direction of rotation of said feed wheel.

5. In apparatus of the character described, a receptacle having an outlet, a feed wheel having circumferentially arranged pockets adapted to register successively with said outlet and having all of its pockets are nearest to that which is in registry with entirely enclosed within said receptacle at said outlet. 10

all times, an air inlet connection arranged In testimony whereof I have aixed my above said outlet and in registry with one Signature in presence of two Witnesses.

of said pockets, and a hood also enclosed Within the said receptacle covering said inlet connection and having fianges extending to both sides so as to cover the pockets which JOHN MAURICE CROM. Witnesses:

M. V. BROWN, J. C. COLLIER. 

